A wife is property that one acquires by contract, she is transferable, because possession of her requires title; in fact, woman is..., so to speak, only man's appendage; consequently, slice, cut, clip her, you have all rights to her.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »

Audible prayer can never do the works of spiritual understanding, which regenerates; but silent prayer, watchfulness, and devout o...bedience enable us to follow Jesus' example. Long prayers, superstition, and creeds clip the strong pinions of love, and clothe religion in human forms. Whatever materializes worship hinders man's spiritual growth and keeps him from demonstrating his power over error.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »

Do not all charms flyAt the mere touch of cold philosophy?...There was an awful rainbow once in heaven:We know her woof, her texture; she is givenIn the dull catalogue of common things.Philosophy will clip an angel's wings,Conquer all mysteries by rule and line,Empty the haunted air, and gnomed mineUnweave a rainbow.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »